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Re:US Special Operations Command picks Anduril to lead count... by xyzzyz on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:10PM (#30088217)
> Yeah, that's just what we need, Tech company's approach to defense.

> "Hey the missile doesn't work in v1, but we still shipped it"

Yes, that’s how we won WWII: we shipped prototypes based on the new ideas, and improved them based on the lessons from the field. In war, stakes are higher, and you can’t always afford to delay for a long time to ship perfect product: by the time it arrives, the war might already be lost.

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Re:US Special Operations Command picks Anduril to lead count... by ethbr0 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @11:22PM (#30096176)
We also shipped torpedoes that didn't detonate reliably (Mark 14/15) for the first part of the war (1941-43).

Although that was more of a Bureau of Ordnance / Congressional fault, for insufficient interwar funding and testing.

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